THE SECOND GOAT

THE SECOND GOAT
On the Day of Atonement, usually in September as we know time today, The High Priest performed a prophetic ceremony at the Tabernacle of Moses. He did it only once a year.
He first took the blood of a goat into the Tabernacle and sprinkled it on the furniture, including the Mercy Seat within the Holy of Holies. This was making Atonement for sins committed during the preceding year. Sins of commission, that is.
After he returned from the Holy of Holies, where he had sprinkled the blood of the first goat on the Mercy Seat, he was to perform another act of prophecy, portraying the work of Jesus.
The sprinkling of the blood on the Mercy Seat was a foreshadow of Jesus taking His own blood into the Holy of Holies in heaven. He did this after His resurrection.
Jesus is still in the Heavenly Sanctuary, making the intercession for us. Romans 8:34 ... [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Hebrews 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
On the day these things were done, the second goat, which King James Version calls the scapegoat, waited until the High Priest returned from making intercession in the Holy of Holies. This fact is very important for us to know.
It was then time for this scapegoat (Azazel) to enact the prophecy of what Jesus will do for the Church when He appears "without sin, unto salvation." (To make our salvation complete)
Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
The scapegoat (Azazel) portrays a "complete removal" of sin. More than a forgiveness of sin, it is an extraction of the nature of sin which is still in us, even though we have been forgiven, and accepted of God.
Can you imagine what life would be like without the root principle of sin dwelling within us?
The nature of sin was given to us by Adam. We still have it, even though we know and love Jesus. But it will be dealt with.
If we follow on to know the Lord, we shall experience a wonderful transformation within our beings. It will happen on the day which was prefigured by the Day of Atonement in the ceremonies of the Law of Moses. Each ceremonial day was prophetic, and pointed toward Jesus and His workings in our lives. We have something to look forward to, something to prepare our hearts to receive. Not every one will experience it.
Hey! I am not writing about the so-called "Rapture" of the Church. That term was coined by a man named Darby in the mid 1800's, and is badly misleading.
Sad to say, our whole Christian theology seems to be warped into the shape of that fallacy, and we are mostly in a "swamp" of teaching today.
The term "caught up" has a different meaning than that which has been applied to it. Don't let this scare you. The fact that most everyone believes the teaching does not add any validity to it whatsoever. We have, mostly, been too lazy to search some of these things out for ourselves. It is easier to absorb from someone else than it is to dig out truth for ourselves.
The work of Jesus, portrayed by the second goat will not make us immortal and whisk us off to the beautiful isle of somewhere. BUT IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THOSE WHO ARE READY FOR IT. Not all Christians will qualify.
Herein is the danger of the Rapture teaching. It includes all of the Christians, and takes them off the earth entirely. The Scripture does not teach this at all.
The work of Jesus, at His appearing in the door of the Tabernacle is to completely remove the sin from those who are ready for it. It is speaking of the root principle of Adamic sin.
It is from this root principle of sin that all of our troubles stem. The Adamic principle of sin is passed from father to children. It is in the blood, and is transmitted by the line of blood.
The blood of a child is imparted by its father.
But-- Jesus was born of a virgin. No human blood line was involved, and there was no sexual contact of any sort.
Historical writings tell us that Mary had knew nothing of when it took place, nor how.
Mary was still a virgin when Jesus was born.
The Blood of Jesus, which He took within the vail, was His own pure blood. It qualified to atone for our sins of commission. When it was sprinkled on the heavenly Mercy Seat, it unleashed the full extent of God's Mercy toward mankind. There is no limit to it. It is boundless.
But we still have the nature of sin, and we still miss the mark. We must draw upon that boundless mercy very often. It is always there. Thank God for His Mercy.
One day, soon I hope, those who qualify shall "hear" the "voice of the Archangel", (in the spirit, that is) and shall experience a change which we have not thought possible. (Oh wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from this body of death?)
I desperately want to be among those who "hear" that "shout", that "trumpet", that "voice" from the Heavenly realm.
That desire has made a change in the way I look at the vicissitudes of life in the midst of other human beings, who are every bit as carnal as I am. Adamic carnality produces friction, and that leads to trouble in the camp. No human relationship can be allowed to distract me from my purpose to be ready for His "appearing to those who look for Him." Heb 9:28